The 2517 postcode - Woonona, Woonona East and Russell Vale - has the second highest childhood immunisation rates in the country, according to a new report.

The National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) report revealed 98.4 per cent of five-year-olds within this postcode were fully immunised in 2012-13, second only to suburbs in the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, which had 99 per cent coverage.

8.05am NSW NEWS

As the chair of the NSW Parliament's joint committee on electoral matters, Kiama MP Gareth Ward is leading the push for online voting.

A joint parliamentary inquiry has said the so-called iVote system, which allows electors to vote using the internet, should be introduced for all council and state elections.

However, voting experts say the system is open to abuse by hackers and should be used with caution.

The committee's report also recommends making business votes mandatory in Wollongong council elections.

8am WEATHER

Still "a little rain" about today according to the Bureau of Meteorology, and a top of 23 forecast for the region.

It's 21 degrees now in Bellambi, 17 degrees in Albion Park and about 19 degrees in Kiama.

The weekend is looking a little sunnier, with just a morning shower or two forecast from tomorrow and Sunday.

7.54am TRAFFIC UPDATE

Emergency services are reporting that there's a truck broken down near the sand ramp at the bottom of Mt Ousley. Southbound commuters take care.

7.52am A NEW G-G

Peter Cosgrove will be officially sworn in as Australia's 26th Governor-General at a Senate ceremony today. http://t.co/7lEiXVxE45

Big news from the Sydney Morning Herald today, that thousands of public service jobs across the state would be slashed under the recommendations of a secret review ordered by Barry O'Farrell into the outsourcing of government services.

The Premier asked the state's pricing regulator to investigate the ''planning, delivery and maintenance'' of all public infrastructure in September, to recommend ''which capabilities should be retained within government''.

The existence of the review has not been made public.

But Fairfax Media can reveal the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal's recommendations would result in thousands of job cuts in just one department - the RMS.

There have been mixed feelings in our office about the Gwyneth/Chris Martin split - with one Merc staffer very sad about it all and another saying 'thank god' that the Coldplay frontman won't have to listen to any more of Gwyneth's holistic health philosophies.

I don't really care either way what they do with their lives, but I did raise an eyebrow when they announced they were "consciously uncoupling" instead of getting divorced. What now??

6.40am ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

If sport isn't your thing, there's plenty of other activities around the region this weekend, including You Am I frontman Tim Rogers at the Heritage Hotel on Sunday.

A two-year-old boy allegedly murdered by his mother likely had a perforated stomach when he died, indicating blunt trauma, a medical expert has told Wollongong Local Court.

The boy's extensive injuries were detailed on Thursday during day two of committal proceedings against the Berkeley woman, who has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court for her son's murder.

One of the people accused of murdering Wollongong lawyer Katie Foreman by setting her Corrimal home on fire will now have his case heard in a separate trial.

The jury panel presiding over the Foreman trial was told on Thursday afternoon they would no longer be required to determine the case against Bernard Justin Spicer, after a legal issue arose in the current proceedings.

The 2517 postcode - Woonona, Woonona East and Russell Vale - has the second highest childhood immunisation rates in the country, according to a new report.

The National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) report revealed 98.4 per cent of five-year-olds within this postcode were fully immunised in 2012-13, second only to suburbs in the Goulburn Valley in Victoria, which had 99 per cent coverage.

6.07am TRAFFIC AND TRAINS

Looking pretty clear on Illawarra roads at the moment, just a little residual flooding at Gerringong's Fern Street.

And good service on all train lines too. Smooth commuting today!

6.05am WEATHER

Just "a little rain" around today according to the Bureau of Meteorology, as we head for a mostly clear weekend. Tops of 23 degrees around the region today.